Wes Welker: Tom Brady doesn’t make personnel decisions

Posted by Mike Wilkening on April 3, 2013, 1:47 PM EDT

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On Wednesday’s edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker was asked a very interesting question by the host.

“Help me understand this, because I thought Tom Brady taking less money or reworking his deal was ensuring that you would stay with the team,” Dan Patrick asked Welker. “What don’t I know about this? Because it doesn’t make sense to me. If Tom Brady wants Wes Welker, Wes Welker’s still in New England, in my opinion.”

“I don’t think Tom makes decisions like that,” Welker replied. “Actually, I know he doesn’t. He wants what’s best for the team, and he knows that his coach does that. It just didn’t work out. That’s kind of the way it goes. I’m excited about the new opportunities here in Denver.”

On Wednesday’s show, Welker also shed some light on what he talked about with Brady upon his departure for Denver.

“Obviously, we were both a little bit disappointed in a way of not being able to play together, but he was happy for me,” Welker said. “He’s a stand-up, just good guy. Obviously it was tough, but it’s the way it goes.”

Welker will also join Wednesday’s Pro Football Talk on NBC Sports Network, which kicks off at 5 p.m. ET.

I remember a few years ago when there was a bit of a tiff about the Jets’ coach having a bit of a foot fetish.
WW posted something about it.
As a result BB benched him for the first series in the pats’ next game.

WW deserves a good laugh. Ask him on PFT if he really left due to being embarrassed over his hair transplant like that one dumb article (in a NY paper, imagine that?) purported recently.

1historian, BB has always taken away playtime when a player violates his rules. Remember when Seymore complained about not being allowed to start because he missed time for a funeral? What he didn’t say (surprise!) is that he probably told BB he would miss x amount of practice time and he missed more. And before we go all heartless BB mode people, according to Cassel, BB told Cassel to take what time he needed when his father died so it wasn’t that there was a funeral involved. So yeah…not sure I buy your point.

@andrew Well considering that Eli and Coughlin are one ring, two SB appearances, an undefeated regular season, and about a decade of division dominance short compared to Brady and BB I don’t think they’re laughing too hard.